Wave-mechanical model for chemistry

dc.contributor.authorBoeyens, Jan Christoffel Antonie
dc.contributor.emailjan.boeyens@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-03T05:27:01Z
dc.date.available2015-06-03T05:27:01Z
dc.date.issued2015-10
dc.description.abstractThe strength and defects of wave mechanics as a theory of chemistry are critically examined. Without the secondary assumption of wave-particle duality, the seminal equation describes matter waves and leaves the concept of point particles undefined. To bring the formalism into line with the theory of special relativity, it is shown to require reformulation in hypercomplex algebra that imparts a new meaning to electron spin as a holistic spinor, eliminating serious current misconceptions in the process. Reformulation in the curved space-time of general relativity requires the recognition of nonlinear effects that invalidate the practice of linear combination of atomic orbitals, ubiquitous in quantum chemistry, and redefines the electron as a nondispersive wave packet, or soliton.en_ZA
dc.description.embargo2016-10-30en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://link.springer.com/journal/10698en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBoeyens, JCA 2015, 'Wave-mechanical model for chemistry', Foundations of Chemistry, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 247-262.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1386-4238 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1572-8463 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s10698-015-9225-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/45368
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSpringeren_ZA
dc.rights© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015. The original publication is available at : http://link.springer.com/journal/10698en_ZA
dc.subjectWave mechanicsen_ZA
dc.subjectQuaternionen_ZA
dc.subjectNonlinearityen_ZA
dc.subjectSolitonen_ZA
dc.subjectElectronen_ZA
dc.titleWave-mechanical model for chemistryen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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